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Authors take us on journeys and invite us to settings and places we might not have experienced before. Seeing a place through an author’s eyes is wonderful – visit a castle or a gothic setting, travel back in time and discover the joys of literary travel.

Travel via book means you can be an armchair traveller or one in real life. Here, the Literary Travel Agency guide take you on a journey fuelled with wanderlust.

Books set in England, The desolate landscapes of Matt Wesolowki

  • Submitted: 13th January 2019

Six Stories, Hydra and Changeling The desolate landscapes of Matt Wesolowski are a mixture of woods, small villages and remote coastal settings. Books set in England,…

The literary locations of Will Dean – Gavrik, Sweden

  • Submitted: 9th January 2019

Will Dean's Dark Pines and Red Snow - Scandi Noir There are some authors who set their novels in real places and those who set…

Ireland, Jacqueline O’Mahony talks A River in the Trees

  • Submitted: 6th January 2019

A River in the Trees is a lyrical novel of loss and hope Author Jacqueline O'Mahony talks A River in the Trees and takes us…

Caribbean Island in the Sun with Janice Horton

  • Submitted: 4th January 2019

The Island in the Sun set on the fictional Pearl Island It's a globetrotting treat for travellers of all kinds, literary ones or otherwise. The story…

More Travel Destinations with authors in 2018

  • Submitted: 30th December 2018

There were many authors who showcased their literary setting on this page in 2018. Last week, ten of the best were highlighted. There were so…

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